different between porridge vs custard

English

Alternative forms

• parritch (Scotland)
• porage
• porrige

Etymology

Variant of pottage (“thick soup or stew”), influenced by porray (“stew of leeks”). The "prison sentence" sense comes from the British tradition of serving prisoners porridge for breakfast.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?p??.?d??/
• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /?p???d??/
• (NYC) IPA^(key): /?p???d??/
• Rhymes: -???d?

Noun

porridge (usually uncountable, plural porridges)

1. A dish made of grain or legumes, milk and/or water, heated and stirred until thick and typically eaten for breakfast.
2. (chiefly Britain) Oatmeal porridge.
3. (Britain, slang) A prison sentence.

4. (rare) A type of thick soup or stew, especially thickened with barley.

Translations

See also

• congee
• gruel
• oatmeal
• stiff porridge

Further reading

• porridge on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Périgord

English

Etymology

Alteration of croustade.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?k?s.t?d/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?k?s.t?d/
• Rhymes: -?st?(?)d

Noun

custard (countable and uncountable, plural custards)

1. A type of sauce made from milk and eggs (and usually sugar, and sometimes vanilla or other flavourings) and thickened by heat, served hot poured over desserts, as a filling for some pies and cakes, or cold and solidified; also used as a base for some savoury dishes, such as quiches, or eaten as a stand-alone dessert.

Holonyms

• trifle

Derived terms

Translations

See also

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English.

Noun

custard m (genitive singular custaird, nominative plural custaird)

1. custard

Declension

Derived terms

Mutation

Further reading

• "custard" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• Entries containing “custard” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “custard” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.